Its a common trend. They say its accessable, that means they want more profits so have slashed the intelligence and dedication requirements in favour of simplicity and easy rewards. The worlds turning into an FPS :(

Originally Posted by BindibadgiLooks nice, but still not nice enough imo. They could easily implement some nice water effects with dx9 etc

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If you want to move to the most hardcore level, Firaxis are releasing the SDK for the game to would-be modders. This should mean that gamers can do pretty much anything with the game, short of changing the graphics engine and the network code.

Yeah, they could've done it themselves, but the games open for heavy customization

Might be worth a play, dunno. Civ2 was indeed an excellent game. It doesn't look like it'll rape my computer, but then again [insert phrase of choice for good computer to counteract previous comment] so I'll take some extra graphics for a lower framerate. And in any case, it's hardly an FPS so it doesn't need 30+fps at all times. Even Chaos Theory would let me get away with 15-20 on occasion, as it's more stealthy than go around and kill everyone.

Originally Posted by MigishuYeah, they could've done it themselves, but the games open for heavy customization

Either way, I want, now!

Not good enough imo. It's all well and good releasing an SDK to let others do the work for you :/ But if i spend my hard earned wonger on a game i want it to do what it should do, not let others make it instead. Anyway, it says you cant screw with the engine, an i doubt the engine supports some hardcore DX9 functions.

Changing to new Civic forms will have a dramatic effect on the character and success of your civilization. You'll be able to boost or cut productivity, wealth, and happiness, make choices to increase/decrease the spread of religion, and even affect your ability to produce and maintain a large standing army."

Alpha centauri anyone? Been there done that, but it's a dang good idea and leads to some interesting social engineering. Barbaric, tree hugging and warmongering? Or maybe a free market supported by a massive criminal organisation? (INSERT SOCIAL SATIRE HERE) :D

Well It looks interesting and yeah I started playin Civ way back on an Amiga 1000 too, So I can hardly wait, But I will as I have other interests that come first right now. :'( I just love the blue emoticons here. ;)

I'd be surprised if the game play stands up to Civilization 2. Civ 3 was gay, all the culture bull **** made it impossible to be a war mongering maniac. I hate getting cheaped out by AI players that can build units twice as fast, and end up winning on sheer mass alone, and not any actual strategy. Beef up the strategy of the enemies, allow more war mongering and you've got yourself a game. In Civ 2 all that mattered was expand as fast as you can and tech hard, while taking over a few smaller civilizations and you would have yourself an empire in no-time. In Civ 3 if you expanded to fast you ended up with WAY to many problems.

This is a TBS game (turn based strategy) . . . Since when does this type of game NEED stuff like the latest Directx drivers ? It doesnt. Sid Meyers could have used his own proprietary graphics for this game, and it would have been fine. Civ games have never been the "cuttting edge must have ultimate graphics card NOW" type of game. Civ has always been a thinking mans game (and no i dont mean like finding an in game glitch like "get tanks and conquer the world"), I mean as in playing a single game over the course of several days (sometimes), playing it, learning new ways to beat it.

I personally preffered Alpha Centari more, but, ah well . . . I will buy this game just because firaxis /Sid made it, and games of this quality are becomming a thing of the past (X-com 2005 anyones ?!)

Adding the SDK into the mix, well i dont know what to think about that, I mean sometimes its hard to even find time to play your favorite game, let alone code a new one ? IS this why people buy games ? to make more content for it when they barely have time to play the game to begin with ? I can program, thats not the problem, but I OWN marrowind, and MAYBE spent 10 minutes with the worldbuilder . . . In other words even if i do have the time, i bought the game to play it, not make it.

The added elements in this game were probably meant to add to a game in a way that would make a player have to think more, and differently compared to older games in this series, which i view as a good thing. Too many games now days just arent worth even what you pay for them (even after they hit the bargin bin)

Oh, and by the way, the key to beating CivII isnt getting tanks then killing everyone, its NUKE everyone, and then paratroopers ! ;)

Just my two cents . . .

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